the rest collective

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The Rest Collective is a weekly gathering that explores the intersection between individual wellbeing & collective care. It’s a space to rest, resource, dream & imagine in community.

For many of us caring for ourselves, let alone for one another, is no easy task when we’re stressed, exhausted, overwhelmed & under-resourced. In the constant stimulation & unrelenting pressure of our modern world, we can get caught in the trap of perpetual productivity & true rest can feel illusive or indulgent.

But as Tricia Hersey of The Nap Ministry says, “[Rest] is our birthright. It is one of our most ancient & primal needs.”

The Rest Collective tends to this need, exploring different qualities of rest through restorative yoga, somatic presencing, embodied voice, journaling, drawing, reading & singing.

Our practice is rooted in the understanding that:
(1) community is an essential element of our personal wellbeing
(2) in order to show up for the collective, we must tend to ourselves

As we give our mind, body & nervous system an opportunity to find stillness, we weave a web of connection with one another to support our individual experience.

In this soft & caring space we cultivate presence, resilience & courage for these times of great upheaval. Through the power of rest we expand our capacity to connect, to dream& to imagine new possibilities.

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Wednesdays 18H30 - 20h Schaerbeek, Brussels Plasky Neighbourhood

The last session of each month is followed by a potluck dinner, an opportunity to bring our favourite dish or snack & share a grounding & nourishing meal together.